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Crimson Shades

by APPOLLONIA

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1.
"Porcelain Whales" My name's been carved in stone Since the dawn of times My parents were porcelain whales In an ocean of sand Then you came in a trumpets' hail Awoke the beast in every man And I recall your saliva Licking the wounds from their veins On every face, a reminder What if we were just the same? But I recall your saliva, dripping from their flesh Give me spears and arrows To roam these seas Forgive me father but in this quest for blood Child and mother die first Cause I recall your saliva Licking the wounds from their veins And every face’s a reminder What if we were just the same? But I recall your saliva, dripping from their flesh Here I stand, dressed as a night sky To end this tale and watch you die Let it rain, fireflies like the second plague Glowing avenging witches Will give me strength To hold the knife and embrace Disgust and wrath As you'll recall my saliva Licking the wounds from your veins On every wall, carve my name You and I are not the same Yes you'll recall my saliva But we are not the same
2.
Redeemer 05:44
“Redeemer” Turn the lights off And meet me there Where shadows rose from walls And hung themselves at dawn There, I’d kiss your skin And feel your heart Diluted, it seems Dissolving, in this I guess I’d say something like “Our roads are paved with clay” Trying to redeem for Whatever came our way Then you would call that callousness, heartlessness Or maybe just some sort of excess So tell me lady, would you care to join me and dance? Like the night was ours and the world was ours To keep and burn down in flames Let’s dance because truly lady, we don’t care, do we? We had been given a chance to make this right Look what we did Just look what I did Holding hearts and spades We’ll be okay
3.
“The Crooked Monarch” Hey, yeah you Mark my words Dear, dear you Mark my words I came down little darling To tell you I love you But there’s some kind of twist In the things that you make me feel They kill me Hey, you whore I adore Leave me in Siamese dreams I awoke little darling With these pains in my chest They said leave it alone kid If you’re the father And they kill me So kill me, and leave me Hanging there Or bear with me, and see us Standing there Just like this, like plastic queens Reigning there On our realm, our kingdom Of nothingness And down here, I shall be Your crooked monarch
4.
“Of Stillness And Space” Here’s one more sheet to stain With splatters from rearview mirrors Well it’s a dangerous path Like picking flowers in a city Like Starkville, Mississippi How original of me to call your name When silent ink spots, they all end the same And I’ll remain at war With the shadows at your pace To reclaim my share of stillness and space You left with My twisted lover Calm your martyrs They echo In quiet night skies And peaceful timelines You’ll let go Jiminy Cricket wrote her name On prison walls filled with shame And all the stars of Bethlehem sang On and on and on and on I will haunt you And you who wrote the perfect plan On prison walls filled with shame Remind the stars of Bethlehem To sing on and on and on For I will haunt you
5.
“Heirs And Assigns” I came to this, so close to it The mirror of our soul In diamond nights and fuzzy skies Our heirs will die Beloved sons, daughters of ours You have been mislead The lives you gave were not enough We must take your child I came to this, so close to it The mirror of our soul It’s collective, you and I reflect in it It smells of our contempt Beneath the stains, left itching there Lies whatever was Of the little faith we once shared In our own race Like fire through the hills We roam Idols and reptiles Turned piss to wine Carried the tunes we love Blind shepherds as guides Oceans of anger Tamed with feathers Feels like drowning Don’t want to swim Like fire through the hills We roam Wide awake and aware Consuming our own
6.
Muninn 04:30
“Muninn” Vengeance has a place so near to us It’s almost scary But it’s a rightful deed to even the score When you suffered enough from the lost souls Rain down on us, glorious shade Dear friend, give us guidance tonight It will be okay; just let them hang from this day Let the crows come down like gravity said today’s the day So will we be okay when daggers and knives found their way? What if wrong just started to feel so right? Voices arising from another room Some things hurt And it’s a rightful deed to even the score When you just can’t live with what you bore Rain down on us, glorious shade Dear friend, give us guidance tonight It will be okay; just let them hang from this day Let the crows come down like gravity said today’s the day So will we be okay when daggers and knives found their way? What if wrong just started to feel so right?
7.
Sol 11:20
“Sol” Cruel lights and anger, are you my daughters? The hour of forgiveness for sins we wish we had committed Count your blessings, include mine to it Let’s see what we can do with what comes out of this Add a little sulfur to our endeavor My friends we are but stars in this galaxy of error So I’ll reclaim my place, been lost along the race But save your hallelujahs for better days ahead Hard to envision death as an extension A blurry sequel But I heard these words “This is the opposite of birth (not of life)” Ghosts, aren’t we such jokes? Carnival freaks at bachelor orgies Would you whore yourself to be a part of this? Hosts, aren’t we just hosts? The day will set and leave its place To a strange night of stranger frights There is a fire to be found there A certain comfort, a certain flame But love? There is no love So keep your good words to yourself As I reach towards the sun I shall feel no fear For hosts, we are just hosts.

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Recorded June to December 2011 at home(s) by Michaël MARTIN.

Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Franck HUESO at Studio 4 (September 2011) and Mix'em All Studio (January 2012).

All songs & lyrics written by Vincent MERY / Arranged by Michaël MARTIN.

Vincent MERY / Guitars & Vocals
Olivier GRIVEL / Bass & Vocals
Michaël MARTIN / Drums & Vocals

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released February 21, 2012

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